Race and Ethnicity in Society The Changing Landscape (with InfoTrac)

by Higginbotham, Elizabeth; Andersen, Margaret L.

• ISBN13: 9780534576486
• ISBN10: 0534576486
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-07
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Preface. About the Editors. Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen. PART I. RACE: WHY IT MATTERS. Farai Chideya, "A Nation of Minorities: America in 2050." Robert Blauner, "Talking Past Each Other." Clara Rodriquez, "Changing Race." Mustafa Boyoumi, "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?" American Sociological Association, "The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Scientific Research on Race." BONUS READING: Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar et al., "Experiences of Differential Treatment among College Students of Color." PART II. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY Howard F. Taylor, "Defining Race." Abby Ferber, "Planting the Seed: The Invention of Race." Karen Brodkin Sacks, "How Did Jews Become White Folks?" Joe Feagin, "Racist America." Michael Omi and Howard Winant, "On Racial Formation." BONUS READING: Eva Marie Garroutte, "The Racial Formation of American Indians: Negotiating Legitimate Identities within Tribal and Federal Law." PART III. REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND GROUP BELIEFS, PREJUDICE AND RACISM. Lawrence D. Bobo, "The Color Line, the Dilemma, and the Dream." Charles A. Gallagher, "Color-Blind Privilege: The Social and Political Functions of Erasing the Color Line in Post Race America." Hernán Vera and Andrew M. Gordon, "Learning to be White through Popular Culture." Tricia Rose, "Hidden Politics: Discursive and Institutional Policing of Rap Music." Charles Springwood and C. Richard King, "''Playing Indian'': Why Native American Mascots Must End." BONUS READING: Scott Coltrane and Melinda Messineo, "The Perpetuation of Subtle Prejudice: Race and Gender Imagery in 1990s Television Advertising." PART IV. RACE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND IDENTITY. Elizabeth M. Grieco and Rachel C. Cassidy, "Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin." Harry Kitano, "A Hyphenated Identity." Judy Scales-Trent, "Notes of a White Black Woman." Heather M. Dalmage, "Tripping on the Color Line." Mark A. Chesler, Melissa Peet, and Todd Sevig, "Blinded by Whiteness: The Development of White College Students'' Racial Awareness." BONUS READING: John O''Neil, "Why Are the Black Kids Sitting Together? (Interview with Author Beverly Daniel Tatum on Discrimination in Education)." PART V. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RACE. Evelyn Nakano Glenn, "Citizenship and Inequality." Joanne Mariner, "Racism, Citizenship, and National Identity." Suzanne Oboler, "It Must Be a Fake!" Racial Ideologies, Identities, and the Question of Rights." Russell Thornton, "American Indians in the United States." Revathi I. Hines, "The Silent Voices: 2000 Presidential Election and the Minority Vote in Florida." Leo R. Chavez, "Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation." Nancy Foner, "From Ellis Island to JFK: Education in New York''s Two Great Waves of Immigration." Alejandro Portes, "Immigration''s Aftermath." Min Zhou, "Are Asian Americans Becoming ''White''?" Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro, "Wealth and Racial Stratification." Mary Pattillo-McCoy, "The Making of Groveland." Celeste M. Watkins, "A Tale of Two Classes: The Socio-Economic Divide among Black Americans Under 35." Vilna F. Bashi Bobb and Averil Y. Clarke, "Experiencing Success: Structuring the Perception of Opportunities for West Indians." BONUS READING: Peter David Brandon, "The Living Situations of Children in Immigrant Families in the United States." PART VI. INSTITUTIONAL SEGREGACION AND INEQUALITY. Cedric Herring, "Is Job Discrimination Dead?" Deirdre A. Royster, "Race and The Invisible Hand: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue Collar Jobs." Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, "Families on the Frontier." Katherine Newman, "Getting a Job in the Inner City." Raquel Pinderhughes, "The Impact of Race on Environmental Quality." Linda Burnham, "Welfare Reform, Family Hardship, and Women of Color." Dorothy Roberts, "Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare." Beth Ritchie, "The Social Construction of the Immoral Black Mother." Peggy Levitt, "Salsa and Ketchup: Transnational Migr

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
About the Editors	xiii
Introduction	1	(6)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
PART I Race: Why It Matters
Introduction	7	(4)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
A Nation of Minorities: America in 2050	11	(6)
Farai Chideya
Talking Past One Another: Black and White Languages of Race	17	(5)
Robert Blauner
Changing Race	22	(4)
Clara E. Rodriguez
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?	26	(5)
Moustafa Bayoumi
The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Scientific Research on Race	31	(16)
Bonus Reading: Experiences of Differential Treatment among College Students of Color	39	(2)
Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar
PART II The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity
Introduction	41	(6)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
Defining Race	47	(8)
Howard F. Taylor
Planting the Seed: The Invention of Race	55	(4)
Abby L. Ferber
How Did Jews Become White Folks?	59	(8)
Karen Brodkin
Systemic Racism: A Comprehensive Perspective	67	(7)
Joe R. Feagin
Racial Formation	74	(13)
Michael Omi
Howard Winant
Bonus Reading: The Racial Formation of American Indians: Negotiating Legitimate Identities within Tribal and Federal Law	79	(2)
Eva Marie Garroutte
PART III Representations of Race and Group Beliefs: Prejudice, and Racism
Introduction	81	(6)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
The Color Line, the Dilemma, and the Dream: Race Relations in America at the Close of the Twentieth Century	87	(9)
Lawrence D. Bobo
Color-Blind Privilege: The Social and Political Functions of Erasing the Color Line in Post Race America	96	(5)
Charles A. Gallagher
Learning to Be White through the Movies	101	(7)
Hernan Vera
Andrew M. Gordon
Hidden Politics: Discursive and Institutional Policing of Rap Music	108	(7)
Tricia Rose
``Playing Indian'': Why Native American Mascots Must End	115	(14)
Charles Fruehling Springwood
C. Richard King
Bonus Reading: The Perpetuation of Subtle Prejudice: Race and Gender Imagery in 1990s Television Advertising	120	(3)
Scott Coltrane
Melinda Messineo
PART IV Race, Relationships, and Identity
Introduction	123	(6)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: Census 2000 Brief	129	(7)
Elizabeth M. Grieco
Rachel C. Cassidy
A Hyphenated Identity	136	(10)
Harry Kitano
Notes of a White Black Woman	146	(5)
Judy Scales-Trent
Tripping on the Color Line	151	(5)
Heather M. Dalmage
Blinded by Whiteness: The Development of White College Students' Racial Awareness	156	(22)
Mark A. Chesler
Melissa Peet
Todd Sevig
Bonus Reading: Why Are the Black Kids Sitting Together? (Interview with author Beverly Daniel Tatum on Discrimination in Education)	166	(1)
John O'Neil
PART V The Political Economy of Race
Introduction	167	(11)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
A. Race, Citizenship, and Labor
Citizenship and Inequality	178	(8)
Evelyn Nakano Glenn
Racism, Citizenship, and National Identity	186	(6)
Joanne Mariner
``It Must Be a Fake!'': Racial Ideologies, Identities, and the Question of Rights	192	(8)
Suzanne Oboler
American Indians in the United States	200	(6)
Russell Thornton
The Silent Voices: 2000 Presidential Election and the Minority Vote in Florida	206	(7)
Revathi I. Hines
B. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Migration
Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation	213	(6)
Leo R. Chavez
From Ellis Island to JFK: Education in New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration	219	(7)
Nancy Foner
Immigration's Aftermath	226	(7)
Alejandro Portes
Are Asian Americans Becoming ``White''?	233	(7)
Min Zhou
C. Opportunity Structure, Class Formation, and Social Mobility
Wealth and Racial Stratification	240	(7)
Melvin L. Oliver
Thomas M. Shapiro
The Making of Groveland	247	(5)
Mary Pattillo-McCoy
A Tale of Two Classes: The Socio-Economic Divide among Black Americans Under 35	252	(8)
Celeste M. Watkins
Experiencing Success: Structuring the Perception of Opportunities for West Indians	260	(17)
Vilna F. Bashi Bobb
Averil Y. Clarke
Bonus Reading: The Living Situations of Children in Immigrant Families in the United States	268	(1)
Peter David Brandon
PART VI Institutional Segregation and Inequality
Introduction	269	(8)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
A. Work and Labor Markets
Is Job Discrimination Dead?	277	(8)
Cedric Herring
Race and the Invisible Hand: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue Collar Jobs	285	(10)
Deirdre A. Royster
Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home	295	(8)
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Getting a Job in the Inner City	303	(5)
Katherine S. Newman
B. Families, Communities, and Welfare
The Impact of Race on Environmental Quality: An Empirical and Theoretical Discussion	308	(6)
Raquel Pinderhughes
Welfare Reform, Family Hardship, and Women of Color	314	(6)
Linda Burnham
Child Welfare as a Racial Justice Issue	320	(6)
Dorothy Roberts
The Social Construction of the ``Immoral'' Black Mother: Social Policy, Community Policing, and Effects on Youth Violence	326	(8)
Beth E. Richie
Salsa and Ketchup: Transnational Migrants Straddle Two Worlds	334	(8)
Peggy Levitt
C. Residential Segregation and Education
Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas	342	(5)
Douglas S. Massey
Race in American Public Schools: Rapidly Resegregating School Districts	347	(7)
Erica Frankenberg
Chungmei Lee
Race--Gender Experiences and Schooling: Second-Generation Dominican, West Indian, and Haitian Youth in New York City	354	(7)
Nancy Lopez
The Significance of Race and Gender in School Success among Latinas and Latinos in College	361	(9)
Heidi Lasley Barajas
Jennifer L. Pierce
D. Social Justice and Social Control: Courts, Crimes, and the Law
Keeping Them in Their Place: The Social Control of Blacks Since the 1960s	370	(6)
Eduardo Bonilla--Silva
Watching the Canary	376	(5)
Lani Guinier
Gerald Torres
The Uneven Scales of Capital Justice: How Race and Class Affect Who Ends Up on Death Row	381	(4)
Christina Swarns
Detaining Minority Citizens, Then and Now	385	(12)
Roger Daniels
Bonus Reading: Children of Incarcerated Parents	390	(1)
Diane F. Reed
Edward L. Reed
PART VII Mobilizing for Change: Looking Forward and Learning from the Past
Introduction	391	(6)
Elizabeth Higginbotham
Margaret L. Andersen
The Genius of the Civil Rights Movement: Can It Happen Again?	397	(7)
Aldon Morris
Identity and the Politics of American Indian and Hispanic Women Leaders	404	(9)
Diane-Michele Prindeville
Signs . . . Signs . . . Turn Visible Again: The Transformative Uses of Biography	413	(6)
Vincent Harding
We Are All Americans! The Latin Americanization of Racial Stratification in the USA	419	(7)
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Reducing Inequalities: Doing Anti-Racism: Toward an Egalitarian American Society	426	(6)
Jacqueline Johnson
Sharon Rush
Joe Feagin
Bonus Reading: Living Wage Campaigns from a ``Social Movement'' Perspective: The Miami Case	431	(1)
Bruce Nissen
Index	432